Esposende

Coordinates : 41°32′N 8°47′W  /  41.533°N 8.783°W  / 41.533; -8.783
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the civil parish, see Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra .
Esposende
Municipality
Flag of Esposende
Flag
Coat of arms of Esposende
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 41°32′N 8°47′W  /  41.533°N 8.783°W  / 41.533; -8.783
Country   Portugal
Region Norte
Intermunic. comm. Cavado
District Braga
Parishes 9
Government
 ?  President Benjamim Pereira ( PSD )
Area
 ? Total 95.41 km 2 (36.84 sq mi)
Population
  (2011)
 ? Total 34,254
 ? Density 360/km 2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone UTC±00:00 ( WET )
 ? Summer ( DST ) UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
Website http://www.cm-esposende.pt/

Esposende ( Portuguese pronunciation: [??p??z?d?] ⓘ ) is a city and a municipality in Braga District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 34,254, [1] in an area of 95.41 km 2 . [2] The city itself (the parish Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra ) had a population of 9,197 in 2001. [3] It gained city status on 2 July 1993. The present Mayor is Fernando Couto Cepa, elected by the Social Democratic Party . The municipal holiday is August 19. It is located on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago .

Demographics [ edit ]

Population of Esposende Municipality (1801?2008)
1801 1849 1900 1930 1960 1981 1991 2001 2011
4 157 12 545 15 161 19 452 23 966 28 652 30 101 33 325 34 254

Economy [ edit ]

Fishing, agriculture and tourism are important for the economy of the municipality. Prozis , a multinational sports nutrition company, is headquartered in Esposende.

Parishes [ edit ]

Administratively, the municipality is divided into nine civil parishes ( freguesias ): [4]

Photos [ edit ]

  • Cávado River in Esposende
    Cavado River in Esposende
  • Esposende Museum
    Esposende Museum
  • Matriz Church
    Matriz Church
  • Fão Bridge
    Fao Bridge

Notable people [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estatistica
  2. ^ "Areas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e pais" . Archived from the original on 2018-11-05 . Retrieved 2018-11-05 .
  3. ^ UMA POPULACAO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliacao recente - Cidades, 2004 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geografico Portugues (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
  4. ^ Diario da Republica . "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 45" (pdf) (in Portuguese) . Retrieved 22 July 2014 .

External links [ edit ]


Stub icon

This Braga District location article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .

Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Esposende&oldid=1219187361 "